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but it's interesting, before the debate, an 82% chance of romney winning the debate. after the debate, 89%. chance to win florida, 91%. >> and a wall street journal poll, it's clear from that poll that independent voters don't like what they have been seeing at the debates, and in a matchup between barack obama and newt gingrich, barack obama wins by double digits. >> team romney is very confident, anderson. they said it was breaking their way before the debate. they believe he'll win the florida primary. it doesn't mean it's over. when newt gingrich loses, that's when he gets more aggressive. this will go on. >> i believe barack obama will eventually win florida. what do i know? i ran al gore's campaign. i can't win. >> all right. ari. >> what propelled newt in south carolina were the debate performances. in the middle of the debate, newt was going to win. tonight, you don't get the sense of surge. romney takes florida, and this is the easiest protection of them all, the giants beat the patriots.
but it's interesting, before the debate, an 82% chance of romney winning the debate. after the debate, 89%. chance to win florida, 91%. >> and a wall street journal poll, it's clear from that poll that independent voters don't like what they have been seeing at the debates, and in a matchup between barack obama and newt gingrich, barack obama wins by double digits. >> team romney is very confident, anderson. they said it was breaking their way before the debate. they believe he'll...
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romney won the debate. when asked who was more likeable, debate watchers gave the two candidates essentially equal marks. that's one piece of spin that doesn't quite pass the sniff test. decide for yourself if this one does from the campaign's ben lebold who suggested mitt romney last night was acting. >> it was performance art. he locked himself into some bad positions that he took during the republican primary, tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, refusing to ask the wealthiest for a dime to reduce the deficit and those give us big openings to talk about on the campaign trail in key states in the weeks ahead. >> vice president biden, meantime, said his boss did a good job during a bright line between his policies and mitt romney's. >> i think the president did a wonderful job in making it clear just how stark that choice is. >> keeping them honest, that is precisely where the pundits, even those who support president obama, say he dropped the ball and when we asked our viewers whether mr. oba
romney won the debate. when asked who was more likeable, debate watchers gave the two candidates essentially equal marks. that's one piece of spin that doesn't quite pass the sniff test. decide for yourself if this one does from the campaign's ben lebold who suggested mitt romney last night was acting. >> it was performance art. he locked himself into some bad positions that he took during the republican primary, tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, refusing to ask the...
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is there any concern on your side that this isn't just a debate, a good debate performance by romney, that he's hit on some sort of formula that is working for him particularly among undecideds, independents? >> well, first, i am paid to help re-elect the president by this super pac and i'm paid to worry so i'm of course worried. there's only two ways to run in america. that is scared or unopposed. sadly, the president is not unopposed so i'm running scared. i hope his team is running scared. you have to honor every threat. that's strategic air command, they have that on all the computers, honor every threat so yes, of course. at the same time, there's not something fundamental here. the president didn't make some kind of extraordinary gaffe or some big mistake. there's nothing that's fundamental here. unemployment hasn't gone up half a point or a full point. it was i think the debate. i don't discount that. that was a terrific job by governor romney that night. not a very good job by my guy, obama. but i think that's what's going on here. people gave him a second look, he rallied rep
is there any concern on your side that this isn't just a debate, a good debate performance by romney, that he's hit on some sort of formula that is working for him particularly among undecideds, independents? >> well, first, i am paid to help re-elect the president by this super pac and i'm paid to worry so i'm of course worried. there's only two ways to run in america. that is scared or unopposed. sadly, the president is not unopposed so i'm running scared. i hope his team is running...
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earlier i talked with brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for mitt romney and janine, driver. one of the exchanges you point out is the exchange over oil production. >> yes. >> let's take a look at that and talk about what we see. >> that's the strategy you need. >> what do you see going on? >> right here. watch. >> that's not what you've done. >> we're doing chopping right here. this chop is pointing towards the president. we get into this debate here. look at this choing. they're looking at each other. now they're in each other's space. this is interesting. when the president stands back up, this is man to man and it's interesting although they're having a debate, anderson, they're not coming across as contentious. there's still the professionalism with both of them here. >> a lot of times the president didn't want to seen to be sitting down when governor romney was addressing him and talking to him. >> we saw the president engage candy quite a bit. he would walk towards candy. we have proximics. >> what are exchanges you point to, one of them was over drilling on public lan
earlier i talked with brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for mitt romney and janine, driver. one of the exchanges you point out is the exchange over oil production. >> yes. >> let's take a look at that and talk about what we see. >> that's the strategy you need. >> what do you see going on? >> right here. watch. >> that's not what you've done. >> we're doing chopping right here. this chop is pointing towards the president. we get into this...
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they felt governor romney won the debate. >> that's reflected in those exchanges. libya exchange, a couple of exchanges in the debate where governor romney pursuing a question that the president wouldn't give him the answer he wanted, it frustrated him. >> what surprised you most in this. >> after libya, what we saw, i believe that what we notice is that we saw an increase in pacing then with mitt romney. the president really knocked it out of park. >> the key for governor romney, focus on the economy moving forward. >> absolutely. >> even foreign policy debate. there is a way to relate foreign policy back to security. that's what the president has to do. >> thank you for being here. >>> senator john mccain debating barack obama. he was watching closely. senator mccain joins me ahead. the big "360" interview. we'll talk about syria as well. n your own butter too? what? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fres
they felt governor romney won the debate. >> that's reflected in those exchanges. libya exchange, a couple of exchanges in the debate where governor romney pursuing a question that the president wouldn't give him the answer he wanted, it frustrated him. >> what surprised you most in this. >> after libya, what we saw, i believe that what we notice is that we saw an increase in pacing then with mitt romney. the president really knocked it out of park. >> the key for...
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. >>> we begin with mitt romney keeping him honest, something he said at the debate, something that's silly but might have serious consequences for the campaign because it involves that key voting bloc, which is women. you may already know what we're talking about. even if you didn't watch the debate last night, you're probably familiar with the phrase "binders full of women", a full-fledged internet phenomenon. 140 million hits and counting on google. it's one of the hot twitter hash tags, binders with cute photos, binders of unicorns, sharp tongues, hillary clinton, and, you name it. when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro, it seems. the binders of women craze began minutes, literally, just minutes after mitt romney uttered those words responding to a question about equal pay for women. mr. romney point to his hiring process when he first became governor of massachusetts. listen. >> i said, gosh, can't we find some women that are also qualified? so we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet.
. >>> we begin with mitt romney keeping him honest, something he said at the debate, something that's silly but might have serious consequences for the campaign because it involves that key voting bloc, which is women. you may already know what we're talking about. even if you didn't watch the debate last night, you're probably familiar with the phrase "binders full of women", a full-fledged internet phenomenon. 140 million hits and counting on google. it's one of the hot...
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i talked to brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for governor romney and author of "you can't lie to me." one of the exchanges you point out, there was a lot of heat last night. one is the exchange over oil production. let's take a look at that. >> that's the strategy you need. that's what we're going to do. >> what do you see going on? >> right here, watch -- >> that's not what you've done -- >> this is chopping. this chop is pointing towards the president. we'll get into this debate. look at all this chopping. looking at each other and now in each other's space. this interesting. when the president stands back up, this is like man-to-man. it's interesting. although they're having this debate, they're not coming across as contempt. it's like two brothers who have a disagreement and still that professionalism with both of them here. >> it seemed like a lot of times the president didn't want to be seen sitting down when governor romney was addressing him and talking to him. >> and the president would engage candy. when we're less than 18 inches n someone's personal zone, we see
i talked to brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for governor romney and author of "you can't lie to me." one of the exchanges you point out, there was a lot of heat last night. one is the exchange over oil production. let's take a look at that. >> that's the strategy you need. that's what we're going to do. >> what do you see going on? >> right here, watch -- >> that's not what you've done -- >> this is chopping. this chop is pointing towards the...
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romney got one out of the first debate. we'll see if it lasts. this science is not exact but it's pretty darned good. if you look back over time, it's pretty darned good. when you see the conspiracy theories you have to say it's the politics of the moment. every now and then you see a poll that you say well, that doesn't look right. i look at ours every time before we put them on the air and the guys who do it for us do it just right. >> go ahead, gloria. >> anderson, i also think it actually kind of affects the campaign in its own way because as the old saying goes, nothing sticks to you like success so when you have a candidate like mitt romney who has been down, maybe some of his voters are less enthusiastic because they think oh, he might not win. suddenly, he's got the wind at his back. suddenly they're thinking gosh, maybe this guy can win, maybe i ought to turn out and vote. then his base might become more enthusiastic, thinking they can beat president obama. it can also work on the other side, that people think oh, president obama really
romney got one out of the first debate. we'll see if it lasts. this science is not exact but it's pretty darned good. if you look back over time, it's pretty darned good. when you see the conspiracy theories you have to say it's the politics of the moment. every now and then you see a poll that you say well, that doesn't look right. i look at ours every time before we put them on the air and the guys who do it for us do it just right. >> go ahead, gloria. >> anderson, i also think...
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>> this was a showdown between mitt romney and rick santorum. a very significant debate. and mitt romney was the winner by a significant margin. he came in better prepared. he remained on offense, he knew his brief, he was able to go on attack against santorum very, very well. he was a dominant figure in a hall that seemed to be dominated by pro-romney supporters. rick santorum, who has had terrific debates leading up to this, seemed nervous tonight coming out of the gate, and he couldn't quite get into the groove on the economic issues, and in particular, it was interesting how romney and then ron paul managed to make santorum defend himself as a legislator and put himself smack in the middle of congress. i don't think that served him well. and one last question, anderson, i think it did help romney in michigan. it will help him on super tuesday, but did it help him looking toward november? that's a tougher question. there are a lot of women on twitter who believe the candidates really live in the past, they're men who don't understand the women's rights movement, and it
>> this was a showdown between mitt romney and rick santorum. a very significant debate. and mitt romney was the winner by a significant margin. he came in better prepared. he remained on offense, he knew his brief, he was able to go on attack against santorum very, very well. he was a dominant figure in a hall that seemed to be dominated by pro-romney supporters. rick santorum, who has had terrific debates leading up to this, seemed nervous tonight coming out of the gate, and he couldn't...
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it comes days before president obama and mitt romney debate foreign policy. today, the "new york times," a sharp counterpoint to a promise the president made in the last debate. >> we are going to find out who did this and we are going to hunt them down because one of the things i've said throughout my presidency is when folks mess with americans, we go after them. >> well, today, the "new york times" david kirkpatrick reports on a meeting he had with a key suspect in the attack. he reportedly means the group widely suspected in the benghazi assault. that meeting took place not in a jail cell, not in secret, but on a hotel patio. joining me, david kirkpatrick, bob baer on the phone, fran townsend. fran now serves on the cia external advisory committee and recently visited libya with her employer, mcandrews and forbes. fran, every white house relies on information from the intelligence community, getting the experts to help with what to say publicly. you also say there are times when mistakes happen, but you say you don't think this is a mistake. you think the
it comes days before president obama and mitt romney debate foreign policy. today, the "new york times," a sharp counterpoint to a promise the president made in the last debate. >> we are going to find out who did this and we are going to hunt them down because one of the things i've said throughout my presidency is when folks mess with americans, we go after them. >> well, today, the "new york times" david kirkpatrick reports on a meeting he had with a key...
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in office, how much -- open to debate, we'll open that debate tonight with governor deval patrick. thank you for being with us. >> thank you very having me. >> there were more jobs at the end of mitt romney's term than when he got there. down to 4.7%. why isn't that a record to run on? >> that is a record to run on. but it's not a record to win on. we were 47th in job creation out of 50 states when governor romney was in office. we were at a time of strong economic growth in the country and we were trailing the country at the same time, he left a structural deficit, although he told me and told the public that he was leaving a surplus and the size of the state workforce grew. he cut education, the largest single per pupil cut in education in america when he was here. i think all of those are relevant when you compare them in particular to a governor -- excuse me a president who has not followed the trend as romney did but bucked the trend and turned around job loss and added some 4 million private sector jobs in the last two years. >> as governor mitt romney, basically had the same
in office, how much -- open to debate, we'll open that debate tonight with governor deval patrick. thank you for being with us. >> thank you very having me. >> there were more jobs at the end of mitt romney's term than when he got there. down to 4.7%. why isn't that a record to run on? >> that is a record to run on. but it's not a record to win on. we were 47th in job creation out of 50 states when governor romney was in office. we were at a time of strong economic growth in...
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you mentioned governor romney does have some debate right now. the republican base is energized right now, so this is how his campaign views this. paul ryan can continue that momentum or he can do something that chokes off that momentum. >> there was a lot of pressure in 2008 when biden was going against palin and he had to come off as not being condescending, not seeming sort of dismissive of her. it's a very different dynamic. >> yeah. he didn't want to appear patronizing at all during that debate. he had to really watch himself, and he's told me since then that that was sort of the hardest thing for him to do. he doesn't have any of those constraints this time around. paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee, experienced legislator, i think he's going to take the gloves off. in talking to the biden folks today, one of them said you can expect the vice president to draw a sharp contrast. when the campaign starts talking about sharp contrast, you know that he's going to go on the attack. >> he's pretty -- he's obviously known for off th
you mentioned governor romney does have some debate right now. the republican base is energized right now, so this is how his campaign views this. paul ryan can continue that momentum or he can do something that chokes off that momentum. >> there was a lot of pressure in 2008 when biden was going against palin and he had to come off as not being condescending, not seeming sort of dismissive of her. it's a very different dynamic. >> yeah. he didn't want to appear patronizing at all...
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now it shows mitt romney with some movement post-debate. so there's a little bit of concern with these latest numbers that have come out now. again, they believe they still have a little bit of an edge in the key battleground states, places like ohio, virginia, colorado and that's where this race will matter most. >> dan, i'm curious, on the campaign trail since the debate, we saw president obama the day after kind of using lines that i guess a lot of his supporters wished he used during the debate. how has the tone been different on the campaign trail since the debate in the last week? >> it really has been much more aggressive. we saw that from the president in wisconsin. i was with him in ohio as well, where the president came out swinging, hitting mitt romney on taxes. you heard him repeat at every stop the whole big bird line, he even repeated that over the weekend at a couple campaign events in los angeles, brought up the 47%, which is something the president did not touch on at all during the debate. but also, you see in the campaign
now it shows mitt romney with some movement post-debate. so there's a little bit of concern with these latest numbers that have come out now. again, they believe they still have a little bit of an edge in the key battleground states, places like ohio, virginia, colorado and that's where this race will matter most. >> dan, i'm curious, on the campaign trail since the debate, we saw president obama the day after kind of using lines that i guess a lot of his supporters wished he used during...
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romney clearly had what lower unemployment level and i think that's a fair part of this debate. but i think it also goes deeper, you just saw governor romney out of -- if obama wants to get into a debate about investments and choices about private sector investment and bureaucratic investment, solyndra is almost a case study in why bureaucrats don't invest state money because -- so called investments are now either going broke, on the edge of going broke, losing money all across this whole zone for example where he was going to get us a million electric cars a year and there's like 5% of that amount despite invested billions and billions of the taxpayers money. >> but in the past, mitt romney had supported government investment in alternative energies in private companies. >> i think there's a difference between the government for example having a tax credit for wind or for solar or even a tax credit for buying a breakthrough kind of car like the volt, there's a difference between having a tax credit and having bureaucrats dole out hundreds of billions of dollars. so i think it'
romney clearly had what lower unemployment level and i think that's a fair part of this debate. but i think it also goes deeper, you just saw governor romney out of -- if obama wants to get into a debate about investments and choices about private sector investment and bureaucratic investment, solyndra is almost a case study in why bureaucrats don't invest state money because -- so called investments are now either going broke, on the edge of going broke, losing money all across this whole zone...